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YOUXG OF THE COMMON' RACER. Zamaiis constriclor 



As is characteristic with all the species of the genus, the young of the lilacksnake is strongly blotched or banded. The pattern 



fades into the uniform black of the adult during the second year 



BLACKSXAKE; RACER. Znmrnis constrictor. A them phase 



A familiar serpent of the eastern United States. It is not a constrictor, despite the scientilic name, (irows to a length of seven feet 



As it feeds largely upon small rodents it should be protected by the agricuUurisl 



